9:06 PM,
Mar. 5, 2013

Written by

Bob Heist
| bheist@pnj.com

A district court judge Tuesday cleared the way for Catholic High graduate D.J. Pettway, expelled last week from the University of Alabama, to attend a school in Mississippi while charged with robbery in Tuscaloosa (Ala.) County.

The judge granted permission for Pettway to leave the state at the request of his attorney while free on $60,000 bond.

Alabama coach Nick Saban dismissed Pettway, a redshirt defensive end for the two-time defending national champions, and three other players from the team in February after they were charged in two robberies on campus. ...